Trump Attacks ‘Mitch’s Boy’ Sen. Thune For Pooh-Poohing Electoral College Challenge | Talking Points Memo

President Donald Trump on Tuesday continued to attack members of his own party, calling Senate Majority Whip John Thune (R-SD) a “RINO” after the senator suggested that any effort by a fledgling group of Trump loyalists to object to Electoral College votes reaffirming the win of President-elect Joe Biden during a joint session next month will be immediately shot down.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1350761
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Which 8 seats would the Republicans have lost without Trump? In most cases their Senate candidates ran AHEAD of Trump.

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drump and his entire family need to rot in jail.

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I have the feeling that with all the insults, damage to the party and worse yet, Trumps attempt to hijack the the GOP as his family platform; The ones clamoring for Trump and his family be thrown in jail for the rest of their lives will be the republicans, they need to get rid of those assholes.

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"Christ, what an asshole." – Lucy van Pelt

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Two words, Lincoln Project

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So, Donnie wants a carry out his vendetta with Reactionary leadership.
I say, “Go for it.”
I’m sure that Warnock and Ossoff won’t mind being another two senators that he helps to elect.
I doubt, though, that they’re gonna feel, either, indebted or beholden to him for it.

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It’s all that I want for Christmas.

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I’d like to know who is whispering in Trump’s ear.

Does anyone here think Trump actually knows who John Thune is?

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Happy Festivus and all that crap.

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I just came back from voting…I got my wish of voting against that harpy Loeffler twice and against uber-crook Purdue three times. I changed my registration to republican just for that.

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…and yet there are still Deplorables out there that ‘think’ Donnie is the best thing since sliced bread. SMDH.

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Trump does not have a Party and the Republicans are too fucking stupid to understand that.
They are followers of Trump or they are nothing in his eyes.

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You might have to wait until NEXT Christmas, but yeah…

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There isn’t enough popcorn in the world. Keep up the in-fighting!

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The Pentagon is concerned Trump is going to issue coup orders, not that they will follow them, but because it will be the first time in 240 years that any President tried such a stunt. The next time we might not be so lucky.

The best thing that could come from this episode in American history is the splintering and reorganization of the Republican party.

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I have hearkened back to the Bull Moose party in previous discussions like this. It didn’t last long, but did serve to splinter the party for at least an election cycle. It very well could happen in the 2024 cycle too.

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I suspect – or make that “hope” – that Sen. Thune will completely ignore Trump’s threat.

Could be a trendsetter.

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Ok - I think Trump is on to something with upping my, er, umm, I mean, YOUR checks, to $2000.00. We ougghtta talk about this.

Secondly - you build a Frankenstein to terrorize other peoples’ villages, eventually, he is going to come back to your village.

Welcome home, Frankenstein.

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You knew damn well he was a snake before you took him in.

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